POLICE have been shaken, not stirred by the response to a gun amnesty.

James Bond's favourite weapon - a Walther PPK automatic pistol - was one of the last weapons to be handed over to officers at the end of the month- long truce.

The firearm was surrendered to police at Hartlepool, complete with its leather holster and a magazine.

PC Dave Bew, Cleveland Police armourer, said the gun, thought to date from the early 1930s, is in pristine condition.

"It is something I would like to keep at police headquarters armoury for training purposes,'' he said.

Other more unusual firearms handed to police during the month-long amnesty included a .44 Smith and Wesson revolver, dating from the early 1900s and of a type issued to British forces in the desert at the time of Lawrence of Arabia. Another was an 1873 French revolver.

In all, 265 weapons and 3,909 rounds of ammunition were handed in at police stations across Teesside.

PC Bew said: "The haul includes 32 shotguns, 12 revolvers, ten pistols, four rifles and 119 air weapons.

"There was a bit of a rush at the end of the amnesty and that's when the Walther PPK turned up. We also had a 1911 Colt self loading pistol, which was American issue."

Some of the weapons will be checked to see if they are linked with crime.

Most are destined for the local furnace, but the more unusual will be given to museums.